The Effect of E-Warong Accessibility on Household Consumption
Asian Journal of Social and Humanities, Vol. 2 No. March 6, 2024 1380
The goal of the BPNT/Sembako Program is for households to consume food with
balanced nutrition and have the freedom to have more excellent choices and control in
meeting their food needs. In other words, the BPNT/Sembako Program is expected to
increase the amount and variety of KPM consumption. In addition, one of the principles
of BPNT distribution is that it is easy to reach and use by KPM (Salim & Darmawaty,
2016).
However, there are several problems in implementing the BPNT/Sembako program
using e-wrongs. One of the problems is the location of the e-wrong, which is difficult to
access and uneven; for example, e-wrong has a limited range of services because it covers
a huge number of areas with an uneven distribution of KPM (Provincial Government of
East Kalimantan: 2019), the distribution of e-wrong which is not evenly distributed will
hinder the implementation of BPNT (Ministry of Social Affairs, 2019), e-wrongs that are
placed without considering distribution and are uneven because e-wrongs are
concentrated in one point (Selvia, 2021), e-wrong is challenging to access because of its
remote location and narrow road width in Pasir Sari Village, South Cikarang (Nasution
et al., 2021), as well as e-wrong in Mugirejo Village, Samarinda City, which are not yet
available.
Under conditions in the field, not all stalls, agents, shops, traditional markets and
other sellers can obtain e-wrong status. Several criteria must be met in order to become
an e-wrong. As a result, the number of e-wrongs is more limited, such as there is 53
thousand KPM with 111 e-wrongs in Kulonprogo in 2019 (Sutanta & Wulandari, 2019),
60 e-wrongs for 29 thousand KPM in Pringsewu in 2021 (Pringsewu District
Government, 2021 ), 27 e-Warongs for four sub-districts in Bangli (Bangli et al., 2020),
59 e-wrongs for the West Jakarta area in 2018 (Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta,
2018), and 8,450 KPM with 12 e-wrongs in Tanjungpinang City (Pramesti et al., 2019).
The government targets that for every 250 KPM, there is at least one e-wrong location
(BPNT Guidelines 2018).
E-wrong, which is difficult to access and not evenly distributed, must concern the
consumption of BPNT/Sembako recipient households. This is important because e-
wrongs are the only place for BPNT/Sembako recipient households to disburse assistance
obtained by buying food at the e-wrong in order to access staple foods (such as rice), as
well as meet the consumption of other commodities (other sources of carbohydrates,
animal protein, vegetable protein, vitamins and minerals).
Therefore, it is essential to see the effectiveness of the BPNT/Sembako program by
investigating the effect of e-wrong accessibility on household consumption. Moreover,
from various literature studies, no research has been found that specifically examines the
effect of e-wrong accessibility on household consumption on a national scale using data
from the National Socioeconomic Survey (Susenas). Several studies have focused heavily
on the effectiveness of implementing the BPNT program with coverage at the sub-
district/district/city level and did not focus on distance issues. However, the accessibility
problem was mentioned by (Sutanta and Wulandari, 2019) in their research, which
attempted to map the distribution network of the BNPT program in the Kulon Progo
Regency using a geospatial information system. In his research, it was found that
topography and distance have an unequal effect on the distribution network, resulting in
more difficult mobility for e-wrongs in the northern part of Kulon Progo, which is
dominated by highlands, compared to those in the southern part, which is dominated by
lowlands. In general, this study aims to investigate the effectiveness of the e-wrong
program. In particular, this study aims to investigate the effect of e-wrong accessibility